[Peace] Civil Rights Leader In-Residence at Unit One/Allen Hall

[laura gwen haber]

Please forward widely:

Vicky Gray Adams will be in-residence at Unit One/Allen Hall, October
14-20. Her opening program, "A New World Order for Some or A New World for
All?" will take place Monday, October 15, 8pm in the South Rec Room of
Allen Hall, 1005 W. Gregory, Urbana. She will be speaking and leading
discussions on various topics every evening throughout the week. See below
for a full schedule. A full schedule will also be posted at
www.housing.uiuc.edu/academics/unit1 or call 333-8351 for more
information. All programs are open to the public.

Vicky Gray Adams has been working for civil and human rights for over six
decades. She made historic contributions to the civil rights movement of
the sixties as a member of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee,
one of the founders and leaders of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic
Party, as a member of the National Board of the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference and as the first woman (of any color or community)
in the history of Mississippi to run for the office of US Senator. She is
featured in numerous Civil Rights films, documentaries, and books. Her
personal motto is "Life shrinks or expands in direct proportion to the
courage with which we live it."

Sunday, October 14
7:00pm  Meet the Guest reception in the guest apartment, 145 Allen Hall

Monday, October 15
8:00pm - Opening Program: New World Order for Some or New World for All?

Tuesday, October 16
7:00pm  The 1960s, Black Power, Feminism, Multiculturalism, Afrocentrism,
and True Global Citizenship For All
9:00pm  The Necessity and Centrality of Young People in the Work of
Liberation/Freedom

Wednesday, October 17
5:00pm  Dinner Discussion with Vicky in the Allen Private Dining Room
7:00pm  Untold Relationships of the 60s: Mississippi Freedom Democratic
Party, Malcolm X, and the Black Panther Party for Self Defense
9:00pm  A Journey Through the 1960s Freedom Movement via Film (part 1)

Thursday, October 18
7:00pm  We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest Until It Comes: How One Does
Freedom Work for Ones Entire Life  And How One Continues Laughing and
Loving and Having Joy Through it All
9:00pm  A Journey Through the 1960s Freedom Movement via Film (part 2)
different night, different films

All programs are open to the public and take place in the South Rec Room
of Allen Hall, 1005 W. Gregory, Urbana unless noted. Call 333-8351 for
more information.